COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF KERN COUNTY

EIN 77-0344298 BAKERSFIELD, CA

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Revenue 2024: $1,192,283
Expenses 2024: $1,013,735

Program services were 68.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: R200
Classification: 1000
Street: 1717 COLUMBUS ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE SPECIALLY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO REPRESENT THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN UNDER PROTECTION OF THE JUVENILE COURT BECAUSE OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE SPECIALLY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO REPRESENT THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN UNDER PROTECTION OF THE JUVENILE COURT BECAUSE OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT.

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TRAINING SESSIONS TO TRAIN NEW ADVOCATES WHO BECOME SWORN OFFICERS OF THE JUVENILE COURT. THE ORGANIZATION THEN SUPERVISES THESE ADVOCATES IN THEIR REPRESENTATION OF THE CHILDREN. THESE 134 ADVOCATES DONATED 7,191 HOURS TO REPRESENT 299 ABUSED OR NEGLECTED CHILDREN DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS REPORT.

Expenses $693,434

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Janet ShawJANET SHAW

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bill BilaBILL BILA

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mercedes ThayerMERCEDES THAYER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Pat CollinsPAT COLLINS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Melissa MorseMELISSA MORSE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tracy HyltonTRACY HYLTON

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Matt McCortMATT MCCORT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joe GarciaJOE GARCIA

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jefferson EberhardtJEFFERSON EBERHARDT

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joyce HoltzclawJOYCE HOLTZCLAW

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Adriana SalinasADRIANA SALINAS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Erin EstelleERIN ESTELLE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rayna WhitmanRAYNA WHITMAN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jenifer NattoJENIFER NATTO

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Chris ToweryCHRIS TOWERY

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Vince RocheVINCE ROCHE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nate WongNATE WONG

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Toni HarperTONI HARPER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$1,192,283

Expenses

$1,013,735

Contributions

$1,125,226

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,429,954

Expenses

$1,475,731

Contributions

$1,390,820

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,371,756

Expenses

$1,312,366

Contributions

$1,334,836

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$1,192,283	$1,013,735	$1,125,226	$0
2023	$1,429,954	$1,475,731	$1,390,820	$0
2022	$1,371,756	$1,312,366	$1,334,836	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$1,148,634

Expenses

$1,181,139

Assets (EOY)

$1,355,039
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,272,335

Expenses

$985,536

Assets (EOY)

$1,491,100
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,353,122

Expenses

$994,852

Assets (EOY)

$1,165,021
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,191,546

Expenses

$1,027,722

Assets (EOY)

$749,739
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,087,973

Expenses

$1,025,729

Assets (EOY)

$615,429
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,087,973

Expenses

$1,025,729

Assets (EOY)

$615,429
2016 · 990

Revenue

$872,680

Expenses

$1,037,491

Assets (EOY)

$572,561
2015 · 990

Revenue

$963,233

Expenses

$940,183

Assets (EOY)

$752,561
2014 · 990

Revenue

$1,148,480

Expenses

$872,103

Assets (EOY)

$657,512
2013 · 990

Revenue

$825,194

Expenses

$827,854

Assets (EOY)

$432,808

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,148,634	$1,181,139	$1,355,039
2020	990	$1,272,335	$985,536	$1,491,100
2019	990	$1,353,122	$994,852	$1,165,021
2018	990	$1,191,546	$1,027,722	$749,739
2017	990	$1,087,973	$1,025,729	$615,429
2017	990	$1,087,973	$1,025,729	$615,429
2016	990	$872,680	$1,037,491	$572,561
2015	990	$963,233	$940,183	$752,561
2014	990	$1,148,480	$872,103	$657,512
2013	990	$825,194	$827,854	$432,808

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION

$524,567

2023 STATE APPROPRIATION
CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION

$374,440

2022 STATE APPROPRIATION
CALIFORNIA COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION

$363,005

2024 STATE APPROPRIATION
GREATER HORIZONS

$35,000

2024 Human Services
VALLEY STRONG CREDIT UNION

$15,000

2024 TO SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS FROM COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT KERN COUNTY TO SERVE AS ADVOCATES IN CHILD PROTECTION PROCEEDINGS.
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$14,325

2023 CHARITABLE DONATION
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

$10,122

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 JUSTICE
IN-N-OUT BURGERS FOUNDATION

$10,000

2022 THE ADVOCATE SUPERVISION PROJECT
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$8,760

2024 CHARITABLE DONATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.